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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+  <refentry id="function.ftp-alloc">
+   <refnamediv>
+    <refname>ftp_alloc</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Allocates space for a file to be uploaded.</refpurpose>
+   </refnamediv>
+   <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+     <methodsynopsis>
+      <type>bool</type><methodname>ftp_alloc</methodname>
+      <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>ftp_stream</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>filesize</parameter></methodparam>
+      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>&amp;result</parameter></methodparam>
+     </methodsynopsis>
+    <simpara>
+     Sends an ALLO command to the remote FTP server to allocate <parameter>filesize</parameter>
+     bytes of space.  Returns &true; on success, or &false; on failure.
+    </simpara>
+    <note>
+     <simpara>
+      Many FTP servers do not support this command.  These servers may return a failure 
+      code (&false;) indicating the command is not supported or a success code (&true;)
+      to indicate that pre-allocation is not necessary and the client should continue
+      as though the operation were successful.  Because of this, it may be best to reserve
+      this function for servers which explicitly require preallocation.
+     </simpara>
+    </note>
+    <simpara>
+     A textual representation of the servers response will be returned by reference in
+     <parameter>result</parameter> is a variable is provided.
+    </simpara>
+    <para>
+     <example>
+      <title><function>ftp_alloc</function> example</title>
+      <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$file = "/home/user/myfile";
+
+/* connect to the server */
+$conn_id = ftp_connect('ftp.example.com);
+$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, 'anonymous', 'user@example.com');
+
+if (ftp_alloc($conn_id, filesize($file), $result)) {
+  echo "Space successfully allocated on server.  Sending $file.\n";
+  ftp_put($conn_id, '/incomming/myfile', $file, FTP_BINARY);
+} else {
+  echo "Unable to allocate space on server.  Server said: $result\n";
+}
+
+ftp_close($conn_id);
+
+?>
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </example>
+    </para>
+    <para>
+     See also:
+     <function>ftp_put</function>, and
+     <function>ftp_fput</function>.
+    </para>
+   </refsect1>
+  </refentry>
+
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